Staughton Craig Lynd was an American political activist, author, and lawyer.
10 Facts About Staughton Lynd
1.
2.
Staughton Lynd was a conscientious objector who was assigned to a non-combatant position in the US military, but amid the McCarthy Era, he was dishonorably discharged after it was found that he had briefly affiliated with communist groups while an undergraduate at Harvard College.
3.
Staughton Lynd went on to earn a doctorate in history at Columbia University and accepted a teaching position at Spelman College, in Georgia, where he worked closely with historian and civil rights activist Howard Zinn.
4.
At Yale, Staughton Lynd became an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War.
5.
In 1967, Staughton Lynd signed a letter declaring his intention to refuse to pay taxes in protest against the Vietnam War, and urging other people to take this stand.
6.
In 1968, Staughton Lynd published his book Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism.
7.
Staughton Lynd started teaching courses on US workers' history but on contemporary forms of collective action to the dozen or so individuals.
Related searches
Howard Zinn 8.
Staughton Lynd served as lead counsel for six local unions, several dozen individual steelworkers, and the Ecumenical Coalition of the Mahoning Valley which sought to reopen the mills under worker-community ownership.
9.
Staughton Lynd remained extremely active as an attorney, taking on a broad range of cases, including those concerning chemically disabled auto workers and retired steelworkers.
10.
Staughton Lynd's book Lucasville is an investigation into the events surrounding the 1993 prison uprising at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, and voices serious concern over the integrity of legal proceedings subsequent to the event.